From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Sep 6 12:28:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from super-g.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C64814DAC for ; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 12:27:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: by super-g.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 83E2DB8E6; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 15:27:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D646B8E4; Mon, 6 Sep 1999 15:27:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 15:27:24 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Will Andrews Cc: Muditha Gunatilake , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Internet Cafe Software for FBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I was just thinking about this, and the samba idea seems very cool because you can present the user with a simple windows-native dialog box for login. Note that samba can execute commands on login: # root preexec = /sbin/mount /cdrom # root postexec = /sbin/umount /cdrom Instead of mounting something, it could modify ipfw or squid rulesets to allow access, or call a larger meta-script that starts a timer, modifies rules, kicks off a winpopup box telling the user how much time they bought, fire off another timer app that will give them a countdown, etc... Just add a nice web frontend to activate/deactivate users and hup smbd for your cashier and you're on your way to a clean, user-friendly solution. Samba also supports a ton of the windows tricks for giving a user a network profile that allows you to 'clean' the desktop on logout, etc. etc... Good luck, Charles --- Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com --- "...there's no idea that's so good you can't ruin it with a few well-placed idiots." On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Will Andrews wrote: > On 06-Sep-99 Muditha Gunatilake wrote: > > I am setting up a small Internet cafe wiht about 10 Pc's connected to > > the net using a FBSD router. The machines will be Windoze. I want a > > software which can control access to machines, log user times etc. > > Prefer if runs on the FBSD box. :-) > > Sounds like you want Samba (its netlogon feature or something allows you to > control users through Samba). See http://www.samba.org/. The many FreeBSD > support sites available (diary, zine, etc.) can help you setup samba. > > -- > Will Andrews > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message